Your way in
Power metal 1984
Galloping tempos, choral hooks and lyrics about dragons and battles. Optimistic by definition.
- Heaviness
- 6
- Speed
- 8
- Melody
- 10
- Where from
- Germany
- Tempo
- 160-200 bpm
- Song length
- 4-7 min
- Written about
- Fantasy and myth, Battle, Friendship, sincerely, Hope, which nothing else in metal will admit to
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Power metal | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light How much weight do you want behind it? | 6 out of 10 | 60% | ×2 |
| As fast as anyone can play What pace? | 8 out of 10 | 80% | ×2 |
| Somewhere else entirely What should the words be about? | Fantasy and myth, Battle, Friendship, sincerely, Hope, which nothing else in metal will admit to | 100% | ×1 |
| Normal How long should a song be? | up to 7 min | 79% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 77% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 4 answers you gave, weighted heaviness 2, pace 2, about 1, length 1 out of 6. Power metal leads the next by 2 points. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1The one to put on first
Helloween, Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II 1988
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II. The closing track runs thirteen minutes and deserves them.
- 2Then
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5One step further in
Rhapsody, Symphony of Enchanted Lands 1998
Rhapsody - Emerald Sword. Knowing kitsch, flawlessly executed.
The pick names a track. This is the record the encyclopedia holds by them.
The first is Power metal's own entry point. After it come Power metal's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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Celtic punk 74%
Tin whistle, mandolin and accordion over distorted guitar. Irish pub songs turned up to eleven.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 5 steps from Power metal.
The way into Celtic punk -
Rockabilly 71%
Rock and roll filtered through white country music: slapped upright bass, Sun Studio echo and a vocal hiccup. It gets rediscovered every couple of decades.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 5 steps from Power metal.
The way into Rockabilly
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- Light put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Death metal, Brutal death metal, Sludge metal. Worth 2 of 6.
- As fast as anyone can play put 4 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Doom metal, Drone metal, Funeral doom. Worth 2 of 6.
- Somewhere else entirely put 106 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 6.
- Normal put 13 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Progressive rock, Krautrock, Acid rock. Worth 1 of 6.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.